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Hertha BSC plays in the Bundesliga , the top-tier of German football, after finishing first in the 2. The team won the German championship in and The club was formed in as BFC Hertha 92 , taking its name from a steamship with a blue and white smokestack; one of the four young men who founded the club had taken a day trip on this ship with his father.

Hertha performed consistently well on the field, including a win in the first Berlin championship final in German football was re-organized under the Third Reich in into 16 top-flight divisions, which saw Hertha playing in the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg.

The club continued to enjoy success within their division, regularly finishing in the upper half of the table and capturing the divisional title in , and It faded from prominence, however, unable to advance out of the early rounds of the national championship rounds.

Politically, the club was overhauled under Hitler , with Hans Pfeifer, a Nazi party member, being installed as president.

After World War II , occupying Allied authorities banned most organizations in Germany, including sports and football clubs. The 36 teams of the first season of the post-war Oberliga Berlin were reduced to just a dozen the next year, and the club found itself out of first division football and playing in the Amateurliga Berlin.

By the end of , it had re-claimed their identity as Hertha BSC and earned a return to the top-flight. Tensions between the western Allies and the Soviets occupying various sectors of the city, and the developing Cold War , led to chaotic conditions for football in the capital.

Hertha was banned from playing against East German teams in the —50 season after taking on several players and a coach who had fled the Dresden club SG Friedrichstadt for West Berlin.

Through the s, an intense rivalry developed with Tennis Borussia Berlin. A proposal for a merger between the two clubs in was resoundingly rejected, with only three of the members voting in favour.

Being a major Berlin side, Hertha had fans in the entirety of Berlin, but following the division of the city, supporters in East Berlin found it both difficult and dangerous to follow the team.

In interviews with long-time supporter Helmut Klopfleisch, he described his difficulties as a supporter in East Berlin. Klopfleisch came from the district of Pankow and attending his first home match as a young boy in he became an instant supporter.

Despite this, he did not give up. The stadium was located close enough to the Berlin wall for the sounds from the stadium to be heard over the wall.

Thus, Klopfleisch and other supporters gathered behind the wall to listen to the home matches. When the crowd at the stadium cheered, Klopfleisch and the others cheered as well.

He was arrested and interrogated at numerous occasions. Through various machinations, this led to the promotion of SC Tasmania Berlin , which then delivered the worst-ever performance in Bundesliga history.

Hertha, however, was again soon touched by scandal through its involvement with several other clubs in the Bundesliga matchfixing scandal of Bundesliga , [17] where it would spend 13 of the next 17 seasons.

Financial woes once more burdened the club in , as it found itself 10 million DM in debt. Hertha has also invested heavily in its own youth football academy, which has produced several players with Bundesliga potential.

The team was almost relegated in the —04 season , but rebounded and finished fourth the following season, but missed out on the Champions League after they were held to a draw on the final day by Hannover 96 , which saw Werder Bremen overtake them for the spot on the final league matchday.

As a "thank-you" gesture, Werder sent the Hannover squad 96 bottles of champagne. After a successful campaign in —09 season , finishing in fourth place and remaining in the title race up until the second to last matchday, the club had a very poor season in —10 season , finishing last in the Bundesliga and suffering relegation.

After spending the —11 season in the 2. Bundesliga, Hertha secured its return to the Bundesliga for —12 by winning 1—0 at MSV Duisburg with three matchdays to play in the season.

In —13 , Hertha achieved promotion from the second division as champions for the second time in three seasons. On the opening day of the —14 season , the club beat Eintracht Frankfurt 6—1 at the Olympiastadion to top the Bundesliga table at the end of matchday 1.

At the halfway point of the —16 Bundesliga season , Hertha lay in third place, its highest position at the winter break since — The seventh-place finish meant the club secured Europa League football for the —17 season by the means of a third round play-off.

In the —17 Bundesliga season , Hertha enjoyed its best ever start to a Bundesliga season in terms of points won during the opening eight matches, losing just one match — away against Bayern Munich — and forcing a draw away against Borussia Dortmund.

The stadium has a permanent capacity of 74, seats, [25] making it the largest stadium in Germany in terms of seating capacity and the second largest stadium in Germany, behind the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund , in terms of total capacity.

For certain football matches, such as those against Bayern Munich , the capacity can be temporarily expanded. This is made by the addition of mobile grandstand over the Marathon Arch.

The extended capacity reached 76, seats in The stadium underwent major renovations twice, in and from to In the upgrades, the stadium received a partial roof.

It underwent a thorough modernization for the World Cup. It was also the site for six matches of the World Cup, including the tournament final.

A stadium was built there in with a capacity of 35, 3, seats. The club left the stadium when it joined the Bundesliga in Hertha returned to the site during the Regionalliga years from to The sale of the site in helped the club avoid bankruptcy.

Due to a lack of spectator interest, Hertha played its 2. Bundesliga and Amateurliga matches from to at the Poststadion.